James Carruthers
Bulk Freighter · Canada · Lost 1913 · Saginaw Bay & the Michigan Thumb
Canada's newest and largest laker, lost with all hands in the Great Storm of 1913 and never found.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
James Carruthers was a steel bulk freighter launched at Collingwood, Ontario, in 1913, then the largest Canadian ship on the lakes. Months later, on 9 November 1913, she vanished with all hands on Lake Huron during the Great Storm, carrying wheat. Wreckage and bodies came ashore on the Ontario shore. The wreck has never been found.
Vessel
- 1913
- Collingwood Shipbuilding Company
- Collingwood, Ontario
- Steel
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- Steam, single screw
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Loss
- November 9, 1913
- Storm
- Southern Lake Huron
- Lake Huron
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- All hands.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Goderich, Ontario
Pin marks the named place of loss; no published position used.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
The wreck has not been found; the number aboard is not given here.
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Loss date, place and circumstances.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
Loss date, place and circumstances.
